Impatient Blue

"Blue"

oil on canvas

20" x 16" 

A quick somewhat experimental piece which I completed in one sitting tonight. It was more about the mood than the actual content.

"Unwrapped"

Oil on board

2' x 2'

I am not particularly fond of this piece. My impatience won out over my other feelings and so I ended up with a painting which I think could have been much better. Perhaps one day I may set brush to it again but I don't see that happening anytime soon. I think I am particularly disappointed in myself with this piece because a lot of work went into prepping the surface.

Typically I use purchased canvases but I decided to try my hand at hardboard instead. Canvas the size of the piece of hardboard used above would cost three times the size. So it worked out quite well price-wise. The downside of using hardboard is the prepping especially if one does not have a sander. Fortunately I was able to purchase a sander of decent cost as well and there was a certain level of satisfaction prepping the piece of board myself. 

To prevent the resins from the wood soaking through and yellowing the paint in the future it was necessary to sand and prime the surface with acrylic three times which I did. And I have to say it was fun, I love to experiment after all. I even liked the way the oil responded to the flatness of the board unlike the toothy canvas. Unfortunately I have run out of acrylic(must buy bigger container next time) and will have to make do with canvas for now. But I do hope to work with board again soon.

A Horse By Any Other Mane

 17" x 11" 

I like the color of my recycled sketchbook paper. And I happen to like the way certain drawings look when laid out against the earthy tone of the surface. I was given the suggestion of doing a series because of the previous drawing, Passive Fish, which I thought was a great idea. The seahorse is the second in the series and much more detailed as you can see. It took me several sittings to finish this one. The only supplies used were a sketch pencil and a mixture of Prismacolor and Crayola Portfolio series watercolor pencils. I'm really proud of the outcome. Especially because I am very impatient when it comes to doing detailed works.

Updraught

Oil on Canvas

24" x 12"

Anger

"Billow" 

Oil on canvas

30" x 24"

More Fanart

Here's a woodsy rendezvous with Sailors Mercury and Jupiter. I meant to test out the comic paper I bought recently and ended up doing this. I used some Faber-Castell pens to ink and outline the characters and watercolor pencils to fill in the color.

*Edit 12/23/11

The background has been bugging me for days on this drawing and I decided to do some work on it so it doesn't look so bland. As you can see plainly, I've been influenced by Alphonse Mucha. Huge difference, right? 

Untitled

oil on canvas 28 x 22 inches

This was a quick piece, completed in less than two hours. I had no particular thoughts other than letting my hands and brushes do the work. I was simply excited to work with oils again in a less-than-careful manner after taking such a long hiatus. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the result. 

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